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Areas of Study for Honors World Civilizations II

Culture - India - China - Africa - Middle East - Latin America

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Resources
Culture PowerPoint
Animoto
VoiceThread

Service Learning
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  • Service Log
  • Response to Prompts
  • Response to Problems
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Pre- Unit 1 Concepts

Culture
Current Events
Vital Statistics

Unit 1 --- India

Essential Questions
There are some basic and essential questions
around which our study of every area we
study will be focused upon for each unit.

  • How do governments control their people?
  • How have religious beliefs fostered intolerance and violence?
  • How does the legacy of earlier groups & individuals influence subsequent generations?
  • How has the pursuit of wealth affected world history?

Essential Knowledge Learned in this Unit
  • Religion Hinduism,w/ brief introduction to Islam
  • Religion - key concepts: monotheism, polytheism, equality, conversion
  • Religion- Comparison to other religions
  • Imperialism (Motives for, Effects of, British East India Company, British Rule)
  • Nationalism (Gandhi)
  • Modern India (India/Pakistan & Population Concerns)


Resources Used in this Unit
India Overview & Geography
India's Early History through British Colonization
Gandhi and India's Independence into the 21st Century
Hinduism Power Point
Buddhism Power Point

An Indian Virtual Village
India Timeline
Gandhi Packet/Timeline
Hinduism in Brief



The above was originally published August 12, 2009 at http://cffsocialstudies.blogspot.com/2009/08/digital-culture.html
What Is "Digital Culture"? (20 points)
Go to the National Public Radio website and

  • Select a story/article to read or listen to.
  • Blog about the choice to which you read or listened
  • Blog at Blogspot S108
o Include in your response: Name of article, who wrote and when, subject of the article, why you chose it and what you thought about it as being representative of "Digital Culture"
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